Questions about playing music on a console

sonicbhoc

I installed moc (Music On Console) and I love it. But is there an audioscrobbler plugin for it? Just wondering.

Also, what's the difference between mpd and moc? Which one do you prefer and, if you prefer mpd, what front-end do you like best?

EDIT: Oh yeah, is there an mpd client that has GPM support and the ability to cue tracks? 'cause then I'd be really happy and probably switch to MPD in a heartbeat.
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Zepp · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:55 pm Post subject:

Don't have much experience moc but I like mpd. MPD uses a client/server model, which is the big difference between it and classical audio players. I tend to use ncmpc the most, however I also like sonata and gmpc for gui use. One thing I would like to add or see added to ncmpc would be lyrics fetching support.

ashtophet · Guru Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 397

Zepp · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:17 pm Post subject:

sonicbhoc · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:08 am Post subject:

Never knew there was an mpd overlay in layman. Gonna add it now and update-eix. Thanks guys!
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sonicbhoc · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:54 pm Post subject:

Is there a QT frontend to mpd that you like or should I just use Amarok in an X session for music playing? Is there a way to make Amarok use mpd?
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ashtophet · Guru Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 397

There are qt based frontends, such as qmpdclient and kanola, but the best GUI is, IMHO, gmpc. I also liked pympd (with appropriate USE flags it should not push any gnome dependency). I don't know any way to interact between mpd and amarok, maybe configuring and icecast local server with mpd and connecting to it through amarok? Anyway Amarok is a great music management/player, I have it installed and use it from time to time when in X.